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February 2016There is 1 brand new naval fiction title out this month together with some reviews of recent releases. Brief information is given below with links to the full website articles. |
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| Recent Latest Release Articles
This month articles have appeared about the following books: |
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Chuck Pfarrer has a new novel available for pre-order in Hardcover, Philip Nolan: The Man Without a Country. It will be released in the US on 15 April 2016 and in the UK on 30 April 2016. |
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Non-Fiction |
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Sam Willis has a new book available for pre-order in Hardcover, The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution. It will be released in the US on 15 February 2016 and in the UK on 11 March 2016. |
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Other Nautical Fiction |
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Benerson Little, known for his non-fiction works on piracy, recently released the first book in a new fiction series, Fortune's Whelp. It is available in paperback and for kindle download worldwide. |
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Each month I provide a short bio of one of the authors on the site. This month we will look at Michael Winston |
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He is wring a series of books about Jonathan Kincaid during the the Revolutionary War |
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| Books with a release date this month
First editions or first paperback releases this month |
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Fiction |
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A Hard, Cruel Shore by Dewey Lambdin (Hardcover - Worldwide) It is due for release on 2 February 2016 |
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Non-Fiction |
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The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution by Sam Willis (Hardcover - US) It is due for release on 15 February 2016 |
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| A listing of books to be released in the future is available via the Releases Calendar | ||
| Book Reviews | ||
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David Hayes reviews The Sailing Master by Lee Henschel Jr. |
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Alaric Bond reviews Active's Measure by John Danielski |
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David Hayes reviews The Threat in the Baltic by Roger Burnage |
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David Hayes reviews French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1862 by Rif Winfield & Stephen S. Roberts |
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| For those interested in nautical literature set in a later period - What's new on the web site this month | ||
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David Hayes reviews Britannia's Spartan by Antoine Vanner |
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| Other Books and Authors | ||
| I often find authors and books to be added to the site and whilst I try and include books in latest releases I do not always spot them in time. This section includes books and authors that have recently been found and may be of interest. | ||
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The Unfortunate Captain Peirce and the Wreck of the Halsewell, East Indiaman, 1786: a Life and Death in the Maritime Service of the East India Company by Philip Browne |
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| Other News | ||
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Back in the 1970's Kenneth Bulmer, writing under the pseudonym of Adam Hardy, released a series of fourteen naval fiction books. They follow the career of George Abercrombie Fox who "would become the toughest bastard who ever walked the rolling deck of a fighting ship!". Popularity of the series fell off at the time leading to substantially reduced print runs, however subsequently it has had something of a cult following leading to a vibrant second hand market. This in turn has led to some of the later books which are hard to come by being offered for high prices. In good news, for the fans if not those seeking a profit, the series is coming back into print through the offices of Thunderchild Publishing in both paperback and kindle versions, the first of which was released on 19 January. The series is to be released in chronological order, unlike the originals, so there will be some differences in the volume number. Accordingly volume 1 is Powder Monkey. I understand that subsequent volumes will be released at the rate of approximately one a week so you will not have long to wait for those elusive later volumes. Book 2, The Press Gang, and Book 3, Prize Money, have also been released already. |
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HNF Log Book February 2016
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- By: David Hayes
Michael Winston was born in Germany to a WWII American soldier and German mother who served in the Luftwaffe as a spotter along the Rhine and spent his first 18 years on various American Army bases in U. S. and Europe. He served in U. S Navy and obtained a BA in Anthropology from Ithaca College and MSW from Syracuse University. He has worked in VA clinic and then in U.S. Army psychiatric clinic in Germany for Dept. of Defense and is also an accomplished artist who does his own covers.